Attachment for wall-telephones.



A. S. ELLSWORTH.

ATTACHMENT FOR WALL TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15,1914.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Jim Jffi'llsw arl iz,

Attorneys ANNA SHERIDAN ELLSWORTH, 0F CAKES, NORTH DAKOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WALL-TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914:.

Application filed June 15, 1914. SerialNm 845,200

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANNA SHERIDAN ELLSWORTH,a citizen of theqUnited States, residing at Oakes, in the county ofDickey and State of North Dakota, a new and useful Attachment for lVall-Telephones, of which the following, is a specification.

This invention relates to telephone attachments, its object being toprovide a support for the receiver of a telephone, the said attachmentbeing especially designed for use in connection with a wall telephoneand beingadapted to hold the receiver at the ear of the user of thetelephone so that the necessity of holding the receiverat the ear withone hand is avoided.

A further object is to provide a receiver supporter which allows thereceiver to be suspended from the hook asordinarily, when not in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in thepreciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wall telephonehaving the present improvements combined therewith.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the position of the parts, when the receiveris supported in active position, being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3is an enlarged section through one of the joints of the support, saidsection being taken on the line A.l3 Fig. 2.,

Fig. L is a plan view of the attachment with the parts in the positionsshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 0 designates a walltelephone of the usual or any preferred form, the same being providedwith the usual hook D designed to support the receiver E.

The attachment constituting the present invention includes a supportingstrip 1 secured in any suitable manner to the bottoin portion of thetelephone and extendhave invented ing laterally therefrom, the outer endof this strip being provided with an ear .2 to which is pivotallyconnected the lower end of an arcuate link 3. A series of these links isprovided, each link being arranged op positely toflthe next adjoininglink thereabove and the upper one of the links being pivotally connectedto a straight longitudinally slottedstrip 4 on which an extension strip5 is slidably mounted, this extension strip being provided with lugs 6adapted to slide within the slot in the strip 4. An ear 7 is extendedlaterally from one end of the extension strip 5 and is pivor secured toa clamp 9. This clamp can be of any desired construction and the formillustrated in the drawings is made up of hingedly connected members 10and 11 adapted to be placed about the receiver E and to be secured inposition by means of,

obtained by using screws 13 as pivots and,

by tightening these screws, the links and other parts pivotallyconnected can be caused to bind upon each other. fer-red, however, aspring washer 1-ican be mounted on each of the pivot devices 13, thiswasher being designed to bind the pivotally connected elements togetherwith practically the same degree of pressure at all times andirresmotive of any wear which may take place. Consequently, when the receiverE is removed from the hook D, it will be supported by the attachment inany position to which it may be moved.

Then it is desired to use the attachment, the strip 1 is attached to thebottom portion of the telephone and the clamp 9 is secured about thereceiver E. Arm 8 is then swung relative to the extension strip 5 until:it is brought to a substantially horizontal position whereupon thereceiver E is placed on the hook D so as to be supported thereby. Withthe receiver thus positioned, the links constituting the main portion ofthe attach If preotally connected to an arm 8formed with j ment will besupported close to and at one side of the telephone where they will notbe undesirably conspicuous. When it is desired to use the receiver E, itis lifted from the hook D as ordinarily and is then drawn outwardlywhile, at the same time, the strips 4 and 5 are adjusted relative toeach other and the arm 8 is swung upon its pivotal connection with theear 7 so that the receiver can thus be brought to position opposite theear of the user of the telephone. By

' reason of the fact that all of the joints included in the attachmentare sufficiently tight to support the receiver in any position to whichit may be moved, it will be obvious that as soon as this adjustment ofthe receiver to the ear of the user has been effected, it will stay insuch position until it has been moved back to the hook D.

What is claimed is A receiver supporting attachment for telephones,including an attaching strip, a series of arcuate links pivotallyconnected at their ends to each other, the lower one of said links beingpivotally connected to said extending therefrom, an extensibleconnection between said arm and the upper one of the links, saidconnection being pivotally attached to the arm and link, all of thepivotal connections of the attachment being adapted to bind the engagedparts of the attachment together with sufiicient pressure to hold thereceiver in any position to which it may be adjusted.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNA SHERIDAN ELLSWORTH. Witnesses:

EMANUEL E. LARSON, P. D. REAGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

. strip, a receiver engaging clamp, an arm

